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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for sheep mast cell proteinase (SMCP) has been developed. Concentrations of SMCP in homogenates of abomasal tissue from parasite-immune sheep (341 micrograms SMCP/g tissues) were raised when compared to those in normal (non-infected) abomasa (0.145 micrograms SMCP/g tissue). SMCP was not detected in sera from normal animals challenged with Haemonchus contortus but was present (less than 1.0 ng SMCP/ml) in sera from 8/11 immune sheep 2 h after intra-abomasal challenge with 1 x 10(6) exsheathed Haemonchus larvae. In two further experiments, the SMCP response in gastric lymph was monitored after homologous larval challenge in sheep immune to Ostertagia circumcincta and in normal controls. SMCP (less than 1.4 ng SMCP/ml) was detected in lymph from 2/3 and 4/5 immune animals between 1 and 4 days post-challenge with 50,000 larvae, but not from normal animals. SMCP was not detected in lymph from immune animals following challenge with 1000 Ostertagia larvae. The relatively low concentrations of SMCP in blood and lymph reflect the presence of proteinase inhibitor(s) which interfered with the ELISA.
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